Disenfranchised Quotes

28 quotes by 26 authors

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe.… — Albert Camus
Small loans can transform lives, especially the lives of women and children. The poor can become empowered instead of disenfranchised. Homes can be built, jobs… — Natalie Portman
I usually play disenfranchised youth — Robin Tunney
We should figure out how to do this so that some parents don't feel disenfranchised, angry and upset. It says a lot about the state… — Lisa Randall
The disenfranchised offspring, along with an entire ageless class of human discards, know only that they are doomed. They are drawn to spikes and pentagrams,… — Adam Parfrey
We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone. — Anita Hill
I think sometimes in life we want to ignore the problems of society and just think about the good. I believe in positive thinking and… — Kerry Washington
Most of us would agree that the important thing about Jesus is not his supposed miraculous birth or the claim that he was resurrected from… — Forrest Church
Because having your story told, as a woman, as a person of color, as a lesbian or as a trans person, or as any member… — Kerry Washington
I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay. — Sandra Bernhard
Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised. The middle class creates social revolutions. — Faye Wattleton
If you double count some votes, that makes other votes disenfranchised. — John Ensign
Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a "disposable" culture which is now spreading. It is… — Pope Francis
Black folks in America are telling one party, 'We don't give a damn about you.' They're telling the other party, 'You've got our vote.' Therefore,… — Stephen A. Smith
My go-to gifts are scarves from my friend Matin Maulawizada's nonprofit organization, Afghan Hands, which supports disenfranchised women in Afghanistan. In exchange for their beautiful… — Claire Danes
The real damper on employee engagement is the soggy, cold blanket of centralized authority. In most companies, power cascades downwards from the CEO. Not only… — Gary Hamel
There have been more people disenfranchised in Washington than there have been in Kuwait. — Jesse Jackson
Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book… — Helen Keller
For some reason, voters can be brainwashed, and they vote sometimes against their own best interests, let alone voting against the interests of people who… — Joyce Carol Oates
People who are disenfranchised politically and people who are poor often don't vote. They often don't elect politicians, so the politicians who are supporting them… — Joyce Carol Oates

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